Melissa is the founder of HealthMJ, the WebMD of cannabis. HealthMJ answers patient questions about cannabis by breaking down reputable medical research into content that patients of all educational backgrounds can understand.

HealthMJ collects data to offer a quality control filter on the cannabis industry -- putting patients in touch with the products statistically shown to work, and excluding products known to be scams.

As the longest standing chapter leader of Women Grow, Melissa has been a cohesive force in the New York cannabis community. She’s deeply communicative and intimately aware of the struggles and opportunities faced by entrepreneurs and investors in this space.

Melissa attended Georgetown Law and is admitted to practice in the state of New York. Her interest in plant-based medicine developed in law school, while watching two of her closest friends undergo chemotherapy for breast and blood cancers.